Butser Ancient Farm

Butser Ancient Farm
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Photographs of Butser Ancient Farm

The breed of chicken is 'Jungle Fowl' brought into Europe during the iron age, and is believed to be the origin of all modern chickens.	A view of the herb garden in full bloom. The hollyhocks were brought in by the Romans.	Steve putting his new Landrover through it's paces, dragging rafters out of the woods at the Queen Elizabeth Country Park.	A look under the curve of the porch in the early stages of being thatched.
A view over the site to the enclosure, showing the relative sizes of the round houses.	A close-up of the lashings of the rafters to the ring beam, at the top of the Little Woodbury round house during construction.	This was only half a house! Built for a TV crew, to be burned down by the Romans.	Butser all dressed out for a film set. The movie is called 'Gladiatress' and went straight to DVD.
The site by moonlight. Difficult to get with a small digital camera.	A 'visit' from our friends. A weekend of Romans. These are Xllll Legio Gemina Victrix, the 14th Legion a.k.a. The Roman Military Research Society.	And one morning, there it was...	Morning mist at Butser at sunrise.
A frosty morning at the farm. Taken from Bascomb Down	A little after dawn on a mid-summers morning.	Adam Hart Davis and John Lord, filming for 'What Did The Ancients Do For Us'	Morning dew on a teasle seed head.
Poppies in sun light.	School children crushing chalk to be used in the clunch mix.	Horse skull for 'protection' in the entrance to the round house.	Replacing decaying posts in a round house. Trying out a bit of engineering that duplicates some archaeological evidence.
Spring arrives in the form of the season's first lambs, born in the middle of a storm!	Sometimes a little help goes a long way. The field is being ploughed and harrowed for the spring sown wheat.	A first look at the 'Little Woodbury' house. A mere 50ft diameter, and 30ft high!